In some instances, for example, there were communication problems with receiving fax messages.

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And the canal became a lifeline for communication, with government couriers running messages up and down the waterway.

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Driverless cars have the potential to make roads safer because digital messages will allow vehicles to stay in constant communication with one another.

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Among the other 24 deregulated rules include the elimination of limits on the quantity of communication, such as phone calls and text messages, coaches can have with recruits.

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The company has also developed a wearable communication device called the TalkTrac that allows users to carry up to eight messages or communications with them.

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But as we've noted before, digital communication -- tweets, Facebook messages, e-mails and the like, are fraught with peril -- a tangled worldwide Web of miscommunication, bungles and snafus.

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